TopTierPractice StarCraft ll League

Hello everyone, my name is Maplez & I’m here to advertise a new league I’m putting together. Inspired by previous leagues like the Rival StarCraft ll League (RSL) & PSISTORM StarCraft ll League (PSL), TopTierPractice wants to introduce a league of its own; TopTierPractice StarCraft ll League (TSL)

Our goal is to give rising players an opportunity to shine. (WCS eligible, WCS Circuit eligible). Furthermore, TopTierPractice will not be allowing professional players to play. These players are defined as players who have reached the Ro32 of premier tournaments in the past. (2016-2017)Player Eligibility: Due to the changes in WCS, our initial criteria for player eligibility required some reworking. These new eligibility requirements will go into effect for this tournament to continue to target the main audience we’ve been aiming to serve, the unsung ladder heroes who aren’t the premier level players yet.

The eligibility requirements are as follows:

* Players must not have finished in the Top 32 spots in a Premier Level Tournament since the start of 2016.* Players must be eligible to participate in the WCS Circuit System.* Players who qualified for IEM Season XII - PyeongChang will be ignored as this tournament was a regional qualifier tournament.

Prize Pool: The prize pool for this season will be $150 with the payouts being the following:

1st: $1502nd: $1003rd: $604th: $305th-8th: $15

NOTE: Exceeding $150 USD will result in divvying the money among the 5th-8th place finishers

Format: The TSL will be a 32-player tournament 32 qualifier spots. The format is as follows:Ro32 group stage with 8 groups. Top 2 players of each group advance to Ro16. All series are Bo3.Playoffs begin at the Ro16 and are Bo5.Grand Finals are played in Bo7.

Qualifiers: The league will have a total of 4 qualifiers where 8 players from each qualifier will move on to the Main Event. That will be 32 spots total.